Kaine Louzader, 20, of St. Peters, Missouri, was arrested Friday and has since been charged with two counts of felony animal abuse by torture or mutilation
A Missouri man has been arrested for torturing and killing more than a dozen cats that he bought or received for free on Craigslist.
Kaine Louzader, 20, who reportedly lives at his grandparents' home in St. Peters, Missouri, was arrested Friday and has since been charged with two counts of felony animal abuse by torture or mutilation, county court records show.
He is being held at the county jail on 50,000 bond.
The bodies of dead and dismembered cats have been turning up on or near Louzader's street since January, according to charging documents obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Louzader's arrest came four days after an unnamed witnessed spotted a man near the suspect's house discarding a dead cat from a bag filled with water. The unidentified man was driving a car that matched the description of Louzader's vehicle, police said.
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The bodies of dead and dismembered cats have been turning up on or near Louzader's street in St. Peters, Missouri since January, according to police
Louzader's arms, hands and fingers were covered in scratches after his arrest Friday, according to a report filed by St. Charles County Sheriff deputy Sgt. Jeff Ochs.
Investigators said the 20-year-old initially told them his wounds came from an elderly woman at the hospital where he worked. When deputies said the scratches didn't appear to have come from a human being, they said Louzador admitted the scars were caused by cats he
